Our client is relocating to Oxfordshire to be nearer her family. Having seen our project Bell Barn, which embodied all she wanted to achieve at Ambury, she approached us to carry out the renovation. The building is in good condition retaining all it’s original beams and trusses.
28/04/2021Building the Dream The next series of Building the Dream is back on our screens from tonight, Wednesday 28th April, 9pm, More4.
12/04/2021Steel framed barn conversion We are working with a client to convert a steel framed barn in to a home fit for a growing family. The barn had achieved a class Q planning permission but the client wanted to refine the plans to be…
29/03/2021Grand Designs Our Cornish project is in April’s edition of Grand Designs magazine, in a feature about the driveway. Charlie is quoted in the opening paragraph as saying, “The journey from the driveway to front door to entrance hall is an important…
13/03/2021Timber Frame We have been working with Steico, specialists in wood fibre insulation and timber joists, to create giant timber frame ‘kits’ where every length of wood is pre-cut and numbered off-site ready to be assembled quickly and efficiently on site. This…
09/03/2021Work on site Still shrouded in scaffolding, the flat roof of this new home in Gloucestershire is taking shape. The roof will be sewn with wild-flowers which will be a haven for wildlife but also a disguise for the the solar panels. The…
21/02/2021Rotunda House A few years ago we were invited to pitch an idea for a new home for Prue Leith and John Playfair. Luckily for us they loved our contemporary re-imagining of the English country house. The house features a prominent ‘Piano…
03/02/2021New studio on site Having received planning permission, work on our new studio has started on site. We are converting a steel framed barn into a Passiv-standard studio space which we hope to complete towards the autumn of this year. The conversion will reuse…
18/01/2021Small but perfectly formed We are working on breathing new life in to this modest field barn. Intended as an annex for overflow accommodation, our scheme will create extra space through a lower ground floor extension sensitively designed to retain the original character of…
25/12/2020Happy Christmas Wishing all our clients, collaborators, friends and followers a very happy christmas!
30/11/2020On site progress The steels / i-joists are going up on one of our current projects in Buckinghamshire. The site has fantastic views and the views of the landscape are beginning to be framed within it.